Justanotherday....I'm sorry---I didn't get the gesta
lt of the situation.....
So, I went back and reread a couple of times......
It looks like, maybe, HE doesn't respect your need to have a "regrouping" period. If he hovers that closely..when you have asked him to give you a little space....maybe,,,,just maybe, he has a touch of the co-dependency in him, also....
It isn't only just one person in a relationship that has some degree of co-dependency.....
If there is any chance that I might be right about this...maybe you need to enforce your boundary, on this, a bit more strenuously.....